By Myles Crawley
Photos by Danica Waters

On a late Monday afternoon in LA’s Silver Lake district, I walked into the local coffee house to find Lillian Berlin standing at the front counter. Black boots, black pants, black shirt, topped off with a black bolero gave him the look of a modern day Zorro. There was no missing him. I was here to meet up with Lillian and have a chat over coffee before his show later that night, at the newly renamed Satellite club, with his band Living Things. I introduced myself, we shook hands heartily and grabbed a table.  Read more...

By Danica Waters
Ok. I admit it. I agreed with everyone who thought that the “good old-fashioned” album had become a thing of the past. Gone were the days of radical album covers that served as mesmerizing eye-candy while the ears settled in for an extended listen to an entire LP. But then a new CD entitled The Mystic appeared on the scene. The Mystic is different.  Read more...

By Myles Crawley
A few weeks ago we met up with Portland, Oregon’s The Upsidedown. It was a last minute thing that blossomed into a wild happening on the roof of a historic old bar in San Diego called The Tower Bar. I’m not sure how we all ended up on the roof. It just seemed like the place to be. There’s quite a few people in The Upsidedown (2 drummers, three guitars and bass), and we brought along another six or so people and a bunch of instruments, recording gear and cameras. And then their friends showed up… We were all a little worried about falling through, but everything turned out okay. They jammed, we recorded. Life was beautiful.  Read more...

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Story and Photos by: Danica Waters

It’s Friday at Sunset Sessions. He enters the set at dusk: a slightly tousled, carefully-crafted, dark, almost brooding man donning dark glasses (even though the sun has long since been a threat…)

He is accompanied by a very excited, decidedly protective menagerie of industry professionals. They gather ‘round the set, keen to hear what Bob Schneider has to say to Project Rhythm Seed interviewer Michael Halloran…

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